I started masturbating at 10, so the ship had sailed at that point for "inserting objects into one self"

My mom didn't suggest tampon use, but she started buying them for me when I made it clear I wanted to switch over.

If she asks you your opinion, I'd agree with willburnforfood. Be honest about it, but then once you're done, drop it. If I were in your situation I'd probably have a really hard time keeping my mouth shut, but at the end of the day it's not your child so there's only so much you can do.

My mother thought tampons took away your virginity. As a result, I learned to use them from my friend (my aunt didn't know how to use them either) and I ended up teaching my younger sister how to use then. Also, I am very prone to UTIs and pads exacerbate the problem, but my mom had trouble understanding that.

Ugh. I was hoping that stupid stereotype had died. Tampons are amazing.

You say to your friend, "Look, she wants to wear tampons. She can either get them from you and you can be involved in guiding her through a complex time in her life, or she'll get them from her friends and you lose out on establishing a relationship where she feels comfortable talking to you about what's happening to…

A tampon is the least sexy thing, like, ever. I don't even.

seriously. do you really want to belong to a club that's racist?

Right on John Legend. If there were segregated proms where you grew up, you would've had to have gone with a black girl. ;)

I think the analogy she is trying to draw upon is how most of those outsiders who have come to Africa have come for resources. That white people use this continent as a cash grab. This happened with the colonialist or the slave traders and is still happening right now. The "Warrior Princess" is just one example among…

And that of someone who forgot to brush her tongue this morning...

Her tongue. . .is just gross. Scrape and brush, Miley.

Thanks! I am looking into Adams Morgan, though I've also looked at Rossyln. I'm not going to compare it to New York, they're two different animals. I think it will be a relief to be live somewhere different, as much as I like it here. I appreciate the advice.

I think that's important to note the person saying the quote, but I do agree with Khia in that the article did say that some of the people there were being racists.

Oh, do you think giving an entire population a label is unfair and shows bias? It's kind of funny the amount of reaching a red-stater would go to in order to convince themselves that they are the true victims of discrimination.

That isn't slut shaming. And I feel like Jezebel knows this, but wanted a salacious headline and an excuse to get female readers in a tizzy. Shame on you.

This dad's point is as pointless as the Internet whambulancing over how some dude raises his kids, which in none of anyone's fucking business. But by all means, keep yapping into the stratosphere and worrying about shit you can't change because it doesn't involve you.

Thank you. I will upvote this comment infinity times to get it up out of the greys and into the echo chamber of our local internet commentariats. Everyone seems to be too busy vying for Lindy's attention to notice the utter and complete lack of compassion - or at the very least respect - for the gravity of the…

Lindy, you're great and I always love your posts, but don't you feel like this article is a little cavalier? Would this article be the same if a man had pushed his newlywed wife off a cliff? It's actually pretty fucked up :/.

Right? Someone was killed by their spouse and people are trying to one up each other's one-liners. I thought this place was anti-murder/domestic violence.